Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin, Dance Suite & Contrasts / Salonen, Philharmonia
REVIEW:
Now-or-never concert adrenaline is palpable here. There’s unflinching attack in the savage pantomime The Miraculous Mandarin, deadpan wit in the gentler Dance Suite, and it’s all delivered with that unnervingly meticulous, steely focus that conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen gets from the Philharmonia. Some might like their Bartók rougher-edged, but I was drawn in by the cool ferocity and steadfast virtuosity of these performances. As a very nice extra we get Contrasts, a glory of a trio commissioned by Benny Goodman in 1938.
– Guardian (UK)
Product Description:
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Catalog Number: SIGCD466
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UPC: 635212046623
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Label: Signum Classics
Composer: Béla Bartók
Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Voices
Performer: Mark van de Wiel, Yefim Bronfman, Zsolt-Tihamer Visontay
Works:
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Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19/Sz 73
Composer: Béla Bartók
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Voices
Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen
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Dance Suite for Orchestra, Sz 77
Composer: Béla Bartók
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen
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Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Sz 111
Composer: Béla Bartók
Performer: Yefim Bronfman (Piano), Mark van de Wiel (Clarinet), Zsolt-Tihamer Visontay (Violin)